Eileen Luhr
Biographic Data
| ID | 158918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eileen Luhr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eileen |
| FAMILY NAME | Luhr |
| SIGNATURE | LUHR E |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
City of Dignity
Journal Article City of Dignity: Christianity, Liberalism, and the Making of Global Los Angeles. By Sean T. Dempsey Get access City of Dignity: Christianity, Liberalism, and the Making of Global Los Angeles By Sean T. Dempsey (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2022. 210 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.) Eileen Luhr Eileen Luhr California State University–Long Beach Long Beach, California, USA Eileen.Luhr@csulb…
Pilgrims’ Progress
This article examines how the missionary work of Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), promised to advance the American way of life while re-affirming the traditional and authentic nature of his message. Drawing on Yogananda’s writing and the SRF’s in-house publication, this cultural history contextualizes Yogananda’s career within processes of decolonization, America’s deepening economic and political connectio…
Building God's Kingdom
In the reconsideration of modern conservative Christian activism, journalists, historians, and activists have struggled to characterize the role of Reconstructionism, a religious and intellectual movement of the mid-twentieth century that sought to restore biblical authority to American society. According to Julie J. Ingersoll, a religious studies scholar at the University of North Florida, evangelicals either deny or minimize the connection betw…
Seeker, Surfer, Yogi
This essay examines Encinitas, California, as a case study for understanding how a cultural pluralism based in religious experimentation has come to define the area's overall civic imagination. Over the years, as yoga enthusiasts and surfers flocked to the area, their lifestyle practices acquired the sanctity of religious belief. The essay uses three controversies-discussions over a competition at a popular surf spot, a debate over the meaning an…
Marketing Religion
Punk, Metal and American Religions
Since their inception in the 1970s, ‘hard’ musical genres such as heavy metal and punk rock have come under attack for their criticism of institutionalized religion and their desecration of religious symbols. However, recent academic scholarship offers a more complex interpretation of the relationship between heavy metal/punk music and religion. Heavy metal and punk rock artists articulated a range of religious beliefs. Christian heavy metal band…
Words upon the Word
Metal Missionaries to the Nation
On June 26, 1987, members of the Christian metal band Stryken attended a Motley Crüe concert in San Antonio, Texas. It was not uncommon for Christian bands to attend secular concerts; indeed, many bands explained that they did so in order to keep current on musical trends. But Stryken arrived at the show ready for confrontation. According to the Christian metal magazine White Throne, the band, "wearing full suits of armor . . . and bearing a 14 x…
Metal Missionaries to the Nation
On June 26, 1987, members of the Christian metal band Stryken attended a Motley Crüe concert in San Antonio, Texas. It was not uncommon for Christian bands to attend secular concerts; indeed, many bands explained that they did so in order to keep current on musical trends. But Stryken arrived at the show ready for confrontation. According to the Christian metal magazine White Throne, the band, "wearing full suits of armor . . . and bearing a 14 x…
Building God's Kingdom
In the reconsideration of modern conservative Christian activism, journalists, historians, and activists have struggled to characterize the role of Reconstructionism, a religious and intellectual movement of the mid-twentieth century that sought to restore biblical authority to American society. According to Julie J. Ingersoll, a religious studies scholar at the University of North Florida, evangelicals either deny or minimize the connection betw…
Seeker, Surfer, Yogi
This essay examines Encinitas, California, as a case study for understanding how a cultural pluralism based in religious experimentation has come to define the area's overall civic imagination. Over the years, as yoga enthusiasts and surfers flocked to the area, their lifestyle practices acquired the sanctity of religious belief. The essay uses three controversies-discussions over a competition at a popular surf spot, a debate over the meaning an…
Metal Missionaries to the Nation
On June 26, 1987, members of the Christian metal band Stryken attended a Motley Crüe concert in San Antonio, Texas. It was not uncommon for Christian bands to attend secular concerts; indeed, many bands explained that they did so in order to keep current on musical trends. But Stryken arrived at the show ready for confrontation. According to the Christian metal magazine White Throne, the band, "wearing full suits of armor . . . and bearing a 14 x…
Punk, Metal and American Religions
Since their inception in the 1970s, ‘hard’ musical genres such as heavy metal and punk rock have come under attack for their criticism of institutionalized religion and their desecration of religious symbols. However, recent academic scholarship offers a more complex interpretation of the relationship between heavy metal/punk music and religion. Heavy metal and punk rock artists articulated a range of religious beliefs. Christian heavy metal band…
Words upon the Word
Marketing Religion
Seeker, Surfer, Yogi
This essay examines Encinitas, California, as a case study for understanding how a cultural pluralism based in religious experimentation has come to define the area's overall civic imagination. Over the years, as yoga enthusiasts and surfers flocked to the area, their lifestyle practices acquired the sanctity of religious belief. The essay uses three controversies-discussions over a competition at a popular surf spot, a debate over the meaning an…
Building God's Kingdom
In the reconsideration of modern conservative Christian activism, journalists, historians, and activists have struggled to characterize the role of Reconstructionism, a religious and intellectual movement of the mid-twentieth century that sought to restore biblical authority to American society. According to Julie J. Ingersoll, a religious studies scholar at the University of North Florida, evangelicals either deny or minimize the connection betw…
Pilgrims’ Progress
This article examines how the missionary work of Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), promised to advance the American way of life while re-affirming the traditional and authentic nature of his message. Drawing on Yogananda’s writing and the SRF’s in-house publication, this cultural history contextualizes Yogananda’s career within processes of decolonization, America’s deepening economic and political connectio…
City of Dignity
Journal Article City of Dignity: Christianity, Liberalism, and the Making of Global Los Angeles. By Sean T. Dempsey Get access City of Dignity: Christianity, Liberalism, and the Making of Global Los Angeles By Sean T. Dempsey (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2022. 210 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.) Eileen Luhr Eileen Luhr California State University–Long Beach Long Beach, California, USA Eileen.Luhr@csulb…
Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Theology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)